The Transformation of the Energy Sector

ENERGY TRANSITIONS

Grid operators in race to beat disruptive threats

Operators of the nation's electric power networks spent yesterday wrestling with ways of catching up with changing generation and fuel sources, technologies, and threats that are running away from them at faster rates.

Call it a choice between "Black Panther" and blackouts in the rollout of super-fast 5G internet technology. America's tech titans are lined up against electric utilities in a noisy fight for control of wireless spectrum power companies say is critical for communications if a natural disaster darkens a city or hackers breach the grid.

Call it a choice between "Black Panther" and blackouts in the rollout of super-fast 5G internet technology. America's tech titans are lined up against electric utilities in a noisy fight for control of wireless spectrum power companies say is critical for communications if a natural disaster darkens a city or hackers breach the grid.